11 Jul
2015
11 Jul
'15
2:46 p.m.
In a late-breaking fit of spring cleaning, I found a PRELIMINARY version of the intel iAPX 432 architecture reference manual. It is, strangely for processor manuals perhaps, an association copy, having been given to me by its author, Paul Tyner. There is a tipped in note and a signed dedication on the title page. The manual is dated January, 1981. Turner committed suicide about a year later, not as I recall, because of anything to do with the 432. The Intel 432 was a strange processor and, in the event, a step too far. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_iAPX_432. Anyway, if anybody wants it, I'll send it along. Otherwise, it will be gifted to some future archaeologist. Cheers, Scott